November 2020 News
The winds of change are blowing hard here today—a new season imminent on so many levels. May this blustery fall take us eventually to a restorative time we sorely need. May we by and by allow ourselves to slow down and to make quiet space for questions. May we listen deeply . . . to our inner heart, to each other, and to the earth. May we find grace in transition and paths to wellbeing for all.
Margaret Randall Events & Interviews

In her most recent memoir, perfect for a holiday gift, Margaret Randall uses photographs, poetry, and prose to take readers across the globe and share the experiences that shaped her as an artist, activist, and poet.

"I sailed through this book with a relish, landing on each light and pensive vignette, one after the other, a gathering of image, feeling, and thought. . . . Like a cabinet of curiosities, Margaret Randall’s beloved objects and places form a record of adventure, inquisitiveness, and inexhaustible love of the world."
—Mary Louise Pratt, author of Imperial Eyes 
On Wednesday, December 9 at 7 PM EST, Margaret Randall will read from My Life in 100 Objects accompanied by a slideshow of her photographs in a virtual event hosted by Belmont Books of Boston. The reading will be followed by a Q&A with New Village Press director, Lynne Elizabeth.

Writers Against Trump

Margaret Randall will join other poets, writers, and booksellers in a show of solidarity hosted by City Lights and Steve Wasserman of Heyday Books. Register here.
Two Poets, Two Revolutionaries, Two Friends

As part of the University of New Mexico's annual Willard Lecture series, Margaret Randall talked with Nicaraguan revolutionary and writer Gioconda Belli. Watch the conversation.
Margaret Randall at Bookworks

Watch a virtual event for My Life in 100 Objects hosted by Albuquerque's Bookworks.
Interview on KPFA

Listen to a recorded radio interview with Margaret Randall and host Kris Welch, diving into her roots in activism and poetry.
Mindy Fullilove Events & Interviews

Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove traverses the central thoroughfares of our cities to uncover the ways they bring together our communities.

"Synthesizing her observation of over 100 cities and conversations with leading thinkers, Mindy Fullilove’s Main Street provides a novel perspective that guides us to see the social geometry of what makes a community vibrant." —David Vlahov, PhD, RN, Editor, Journal of Urban Health
Main Street Stroll & Scroll
Monday, November 2, 2020 and
Monday, November 9, 2020

The University of Orange is hosting a reading group with a focus on shared goals for Essex County Main Streets.
How Artists Can Address Public Health Challenges
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
12:00 PM CT

Join Mindy Fullilove and the University of Minnesota as she talks about the importance of arts, culture, racial justice, and public health. Register here.
After the Shipwreck: The Individual Psyche and the Social Unconscious
Sunday, November 22, 2020
11:00am – 3:30pm ET

Mindy Fullilove will join Alan Nathan and keynote speaker Spyros D. Orfanos in discussing the ways citizen psychoanalysts can collectively work out a psychology for clinical, community, and human rights work in these unprecedented times. Register here.
Time for Reckoning Symposium

At the recent New York State Writer’s Institute's symposium, Mindy and Robert Fullilove discussed systemic racism and ways to reimagine communities with Alice Green of the Center for Law and Justice. Watch the recording. 
Race and Real Estate: Strategic Segregation

Mindy Fullilove is opening speaker in the University of Minnesota School of Public Health's recent podcast on housing, health, and race. Listen here.
Nadina LaSpina TV Interview
November 10 at 9:30 PM EST
November 11 at 10:30 AM and 4:30 PM EST

Tune in to view a CUNY TV Italics interview with disability activist Nadina LaSpina, author of Such a Pretty Girl: A Story of Struggle, Empowerment, and Disability Pride.
Such a Pretty Girl is now available as an audiobook.

"Jennifer Jill Araya gives a spirited performance of this captivating memoir by disability rights activist Nadina LaSpina." —AudioFile Magazine

Jane Jacobs's First City – Forthcoming
Jane Jacobs's First City: Learning from Scranton, Pennsylvania by Glenna Lang investigates how Jane Jacobs’s ideas about the life and economy of great cities developed from her home city of Scranton. Lang uncovers Scranton as young Jane experienced it and reveals the lasting impact of her growing up in this thriving and accessible environment. The book will be released in May 2021. Preorder here. 

"A fascinating and wonderfully written book . . . It reframes not only who Jacobs was, but also what Scranton was in the early 20th-century."
—Mark Hirsch, senior historian at the Smithsonian Institution
Media on Protests of the American War in Vietnam
Two recent films correspond to the anti-war activism of Waging Peace in Vietnam: The U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War, a book that sheds light on how the GI protest movement unfolded. Through the month of November, use code PEACE30 to get 30% off this title at NYU Press.
The Trial of the Chicago 7 revisits the dramatic federal hearings of anti-war-in-Vietnam and counterculture protesters, who included Tom Hayden, also profiled in Chellis Glendinning’s In the Company of Rebels.
More Updates
Spotlight on In the Company of Rebels

Throughout November, New Village will be featuring photos and excerpts from Chellis Glendinning's In the Company of Rebels: A Generational Memoir of Bohemians, Deep Heads, and History Makers. Her book profiles more than 40 remarkable activists of the 1960s, a time of dissent and social movements that continue today.

Follow us on Instagram to see this upcoming mini-series about the power of activism to shape our world!
Memoir by Mayumi Oda

Artist and activist Mayumi Oda, who is the illustrator of Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty, has a new autobiography published by Shambala Press, Sarasvati’s Gift.